Plummet - fall suddenly
Usage - The stock market plummeted
Link - sounds like "comet" which falls so sharply...
Link2 - You went on a Blind date and girl was PLUM(very fat) who u MET..so you fell sharply...
Poignant - something that affects you deeply and makes you feel sad
Usage - There is a moment of extreme poignancy when the film's protagonist discovers he is dying.
Link - POIGNANCY sounds like pregnancy, and an unwanted pregnancy is sometimes a cause of sadness...
Polemic - attack or defense of an opinion, controversy or refutation
Usage - The polemic over a woman’s right to abortion has drawn considerable attention.
Link - sounds like pole(poll)+mic..so during polls politicians often attack or support others opinions...
Ponderous - too slow, serious and boring
Usage - A ponderous rock crashed down and shattered the wooden bridge.
Link - Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams...its sometimes slow and boring...
Link2 - he was walking ponderously in a pond
Portend - a sign or warning of something that is going to happen in future, indication
Usage - The heavy gales and dark skies portended that a hurricane was on its way.
Link - When we reached the port's end (sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going to happen...
Portly - fat
Usage - Men are portly and women are stout
Link - portly people are like gol(round) potty... :D
Link2 - PORKY the pig is PORTLY...
Poseur - a person who pretends to be sophisticated
Usage - Martha had been warned not to be taken in by the poseur’s fine clothes and stylish car.
Link - poseur was standing in a pretending pose...
Link2 - sounds like pose+ur -> pose ur stuff to impress others...girls do that a lot at beach...:)
Posterity - coming generation
Usage - She is to writing a book about the stories her grandmother told her when she was a child, so that those stories are preserved for posterity.
Link - posterity will remind him through posters....
Link2 - sounds like posterity = post + inherity...
Postulate - assumed truth
Usage - He posited three basic laws of nature
Link - sounds like post-u-late...when i posted the mail late..the employer postulated that i am not fit for the job...
Poultice - soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
Usage - A bread poultice is a nice easy way to get thorns or glass out of a child's foot.
Link - poultICE contains word ICE.Ice in itself is a soothing substance which when applied on inflammation alleviates the pain.So poultice is applying ice on inflammation...
Link2 - in politics, politicians apply poultice to each other to palliate the pain...
Pragmatic - practical
Usage - The ministry issued a pragmatic sanction relating to the matter.
Link - pragmatic approach of parag sarees sales girls by posing half naked and displaying the sarees....
Prate - to talk in stupid or boring manner
Usage - Much to Sally’s annoyance, her sister prated on about her neighbors for an hour.
Link - sounds like pee+rate....some guys were talking about the rate at which they pee in front of everyone on the road....such a foolish talk, these people are really idle.
Link2 - Brad Pitt was prating on Angelina Jolie's sleeping rate...
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